Pyoderma gangrenosum mimicking postoperative infection in the extremities: A report of two cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1013-1018

  Bennett, Craig R ^a   Brage, Michael E ^b   Mass, Daniel P ^c  

^a Centre for Bone and Joint Disease   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0032818772     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199907000-00016     Document Type: Article

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